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and first lady michelle obama and former president bill clinton. all this week on washington journal, we have been looking at online media. today our gust neil monroe from the daily caller. it's about forty minutes. monday we talked with nbc sophia nelson from there. guy ben sonst was here tuesday. amanda was the "huffington post" was yesterday. and tomorrow is akil. but today neil monroe of daily caller is joining us. mr. monroe, what is the daily caller? how long has it been around? give us the basics? >> guest: just over two or three years old. very new. free market publication. our readers are not political full timers. we do over things including on culture, guns, and such of the like. politics is a daily caller does politics. >> host: what do you do at the daily caller? >> guest: i'm supposed to be a white house respond. it keeps me busy. >> host: why? >> guest: there seems to be a lot of descra ma emerging and the election, you may have heard of it. >> host: how long have you been doing the white house? >> guest: a little over two years. >>
and first lady michelle obama and former president bill clinton. all this week on washington journal, we have been looking at online media. today our gust neil monroe from the daily caller. it's about forty minutes. monday we talked with nbc sophia nelson from there. guy ben sonst was here tuesday. amanda was the "huffington post" was yesterday. and tomorrow is akil. but today neil monroe of daily caller is joining us. mr. monroe, what is the daily caller? how long has it been around?...
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accompanied by michelle obama, secretary leon panetta and martin dempsey will pay special tribute to the lives lost at the pentagon and on american airlines flight 77 on september 11, 2001. by placing a wreath at the zero line at the pentagon memorial. [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] [background soun] [background sounds] >> please direct your attention to the pentagon memorial flagpole to your right and honor of patriot day and in remembrance of the 184 lives lost at the pentagon. the flag is flying at half-staff. ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states army chief of chaplains, major general donald some for. >> let us pray. remember the events of september 11, 2001 and pray for all those who grieve today, for those who witnessed and survived the attacks, those he came to rescue, to save and protect all the souls who were lost remembering especially those whose names are eternally etched into this memorial. on a day when the force was v
accompanied by michelle obama, secretary leon panetta and martin dempsey will pay special tribute to the lives lost at the pentagon and on american airlines flight 77 on september 11, 2001. by placing a wreath at the zero line at the pentagon memorial. [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] [background soun] [background sounds] >> please direct your attention to the pentagon memorial flagpole to your right and honor of patriot day and in remembrance of the 184...
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obama and former president bill clinton. >> this weekend on book tv beginning sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern from his 2010 after words interview mitt romney from his book no apology. >> if they felt the president was not going to be a strong defender of american values and american principles, human rights, democracy, free trade, free enterprise, those words of apology and the statements, i think, have emboldened those who find this as a weekend enemy. >> later in the book, the real romney, co-author and boston globe investigative reporter in explores the early years through the 2002 winter olympics and his tenure at bain capital, part of our book tv weekend on c-span2. >> today president obama begins a 2-day campaign swing through ohio and nevada. tonight at 8:00 eastern the president attends a campaign rally at a community college in reno, nevada. you can see them live on our companion network, c-span. >> you're watching c-span2, politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. weeknights what's key public policy events. every weekend, the latest and
obama and former president bill clinton. >> this weekend on book tv beginning sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern from his 2010 after words interview mitt romney from his book no apology. >> if they felt the president was not going to be a strong defender of american values and american principles, human rights, democracy, free trade, free enterprise, those words of apology and the statements, i think, have emboldened those who find this as a weekend enemy. >> later in the book, the...
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now first lady michelle obama speaking with campaign volunteers near des moines, iowa on tuesday. this portion of the event is 15 minutes. >> that work is the core of our campaign, it truly is. that is who we are. that is what we do. we reach out, right? lee bring folks from all different backgrounds into this democratic process, right? and that is how we did it four years ago, and that is how we are going to get it done again today. [applause] [chanting] four more years! >> the one thing that i know is all the work you are doing isn't easy and i know you all are putting in long hours. we have been through this. i know that you have got families to raise, you have jobs to do and classes to attend. that i also know that there is a reason that you all are devoting so much of your lives to this cause. i know there is a reason why i am here in des moines today, and it's not just because we all support one extraordinary man. [applause] although, i admit i am a little biased, right? and it's not just because we want to win an election. we are doing this because of the values we believe
now first lady michelle obama speaking with campaign volunteers near des moines, iowa on tuesday. this portion of the event is 15 minutes. >> that work is the core of our campaign, it truly is. that is who we are. that is what we do. we reach out, right? lee bring folks from all different backgrounds into this democratic process, right? and that is how we did it four years ago, and that is how we are going to get it done again today. [applause] [chanting] four more years! >> the one...
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last november baseball players and owners reached a agreement to min michelle obama -- minimum salary. this is close to an hour. [applause] thank you teresa for the introduction and the privilege of peeking here today. before i get started, i'd like to acknowledge a few people that were kind enough to come today. first, a long time friend and committed union leader during the distinguished playing career, bj sur hoff. [applause] [applause] they have to leave apparently to new orleans sainteds matter. players association cho is long -- the exec stiff director of the soccer players association and the general counsel. judy scott, pat i'm honored to acknowledge here the presence of mark pierce. sharon block and richard griffin, the executive secretary sitting over here, patricia smith, solicitor of labor. john lund assistant secretary of labor. i welcome long time friends and assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel. thank you for attending this afternoon. for going on years, i have worked for the union that represents major league baseball players. for going on 24 year
last november baseball players and owners reached a agreement to min michelle obama -- minimum salary. this is close to an hour. [applause] thank you teresa for the introduction and the privilege of peeking here today. before i get started, i'd like to acknowledge a few people that were kind enough to come today. first, a long time friend and committed union leader during the distinguished playing career, bj sur hoff. [applause] [applause] they have to leave apparently to new orleans sainteds...
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president obama holds a campaign rally with first lady michelle obama in richmond, virginia. that gets underway at 4:35 p.m. eastern tomorrow, with live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> spend a weekend in oklahoma city with booktv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern check in on literary life with book tv on c-span2. including the governors must read political books, oklahoma university present and former senator david boren on his a letter to america, also rare books on galileo and others in history of science collection at ou. and sunday at 5 p.m. asia, oklahoma history on american history tv on c-span3, 20 oh columbus city bombing memorial with codesigner. plus a look at african-american life in 1920s oklahoma, and native american artifacts from the special collections at the oakland history center. once a month see spence local content vehicles explore the life of cities across america. this weekend from oklahoma city on c-span2 in three. >> over the next few days, c-span's "washington journal" is live in north carolina ahead of the state r
president obama holds a campaign rally with first lady michelle obama in richmond, virginia. that gets underway at 4:35 p.m. eastern tomorrow, with live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> spend a weekend in oklahoma city with booktv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern check in on literary life with book tv on c-span2. including the governors must read political books, oklahoma university present and former senator david boren on his a letter to america, also...
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. >> the picture, if darlene is correct, her argument that on the literature was michelle obama. that her support was clearly used in a campaign. >> so i think a combination of those things has really moved forward. >> thanks very much to the panel. it's a great discussion. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thanks everyone for coming. goodnight. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the mindset of the world well into the mid-1990s was that wireline access with stuff either on polls poles are buried on the ground was the key to understanding competition in telecommunications. the intriguing part of the wireless story is how very few people inside the industry, that is why the mckinsey report came out the way it did -- though was that it wasn't just judge green and the fcc who did not understand the potential of wireless. it was the entire industry except for a few visionaries who were sort of regard it as kooks. and so, what turned out to be the case was that the hope that some people had that you could have a robustly
. >> the picture, if darlene is correct, her argument that on the literature was michelle obama. that her support was clearly used in a campaign. >> so i think a combination of those things has really moved forward. >> thanks very much to the panel. it's a great discussion. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thanks everyone for coming. goodnight. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the...
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michelle obama, i met michelle obama when she actually came to headquarters because she was disturbed about the white walls and so forth. so she actually had a party for the children of staff so that they could have pizza and they could do color, they redid obama art with like 5-year-olds and 8-year-olds. she got a whole bunch of like kid posters and we had them all over the headquarters until we got actual signage. the posters, the kids art stayed up for the whole campaign. it got layered and kind of got lost with signage as the campaign grew up. it was like michelle obama ball and hear about her dedication to kids and that is how i met her. this early period of the campaign i love talking about this time because it was, it was an electric time in the campaign. it was spirited, hopeful, innovative and, the migration to chicago was like a, there is like this testament to the lure and reward of entrepreneurship. just people leaving everything behind to pursue the unimaginable. and campaign headquarters became this gathering place for idealists, innovators, risk-takers, and, while it's
michelle obama, i met michelle obama when she actually came to headquarters because she was disturbed about the white walls and so forth. so she actually had a party for the children of staff so that they could have pizza and they could do color, they redid obama art with like 5-year-olds and 8-year-olds. she got a whole bunch of like kid posters and we had them all over the headquarters until we got actual signage. the posters, the kids art stayed up for the whole campaign. it got layered and...
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first of all, how about the first lady, michelle obama? [applause] hoora. she is a tough act to follow. gentlemen, for the gentlemen out there, who are not yet married, let me just explain to you, your goal is to improve your gene pool by marrying somebody who is superior to you. [applause] isn't that right, general? listen, and as you just heard when, when it comes to all of you, when it comes to our military, our veterans, your families, michelle obama and joe biden have your back. they are working tirelessly to make sure that our military families are treated with the honor and respect and support that they deserve, and i could not be prouder of all the efforts they have been making on their behalf. [applause] it's a privilege to hang out with some of america's finest. the dog-faced soldiers of the 3rd infantry division. the rock. we've got a lot of folks in the house. we have the raider brigade. we've got the spartan brigade. we've got the vanguard brigade. we've got the provider brigade. and we've got the falcon brigade. let me thank major general abra
first of all, how about the first lady, michelle obama? [applause] hoora. she is a tough act to follow. gentlemen, for the gentlemen out there, who are not yet married, let me just explain to you, your goal is to improve your gene pool by marrying somebody who is superior to you. [applause] isn't that right, general? listen, and as you just heard when, when it comes to all of you, when it comes to our military, our veterans, your families, michelle obama and joe biden have your back. they are...
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earlier president obama and first lady michelle obama hosted a private lunch for president george w. bush. laura bush and former president george h.w. bush and barbara bush. the meeting took place in the bedroom of the white house. george w. bush was last at the white house back in january to help out with patient earthquake american relief efforts. that was january 2010. [applause] >> [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, and mrs. michelle obama, accompanied by george bush and mrs. laura bush. [applause] >> good afternoon. i'm fred wright, chairman of the board of the white house historical association. the association is honored to be part of today's historic ceremony and to have played a role in the range for the magnificent portraits that are about to be unveiled. the white house historical association was founded 50 years ago by first lady jacqueline kennedy, with two specific missions. the first is to educate and inform the public about the history of the white house and the distinguished group of americans that have inhabi
earlier president obama and first lady michelle obama hosted a private lunch for president george w. bush. laura bush and former president george h.w. bush and barbara bush. the meeting took place in the bedroom of the white house. george w. bush was last at the white house back in january to help out with patient earthquake american relief efforts. that was january 2010. [applause] >> [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, and...
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michele, governor romney seems very upset with president obama's reset policy to russia. the governors described russia i believe is the number one global flow of the united states. first of all, what do you think of the governor's criticism? >> it misses president obama's been clear if we want to have a cooperative relationship with russia and strategic interests align. where we have differences with president bush to work through those. we will not sell another series of influence and none of that. the new start agreement, another step in arms control techniques the world safe her is a very positive develop and with broad interests in supporting the congress. cooperation to transit horses and supplies to russian territory to get to afghanistan, very important. very important political cooperation. russia agreed to stop supplying iran with some of the sophisticated weaponry. these kinds of cooperation site worried that if you took this approach to this political post that you will lose a lot of american interests. >> both of you starting with rich, do you think that it w
michele, governor romney seems very upset with president obama's reset policy to russia. the governors described russia i believe is the number one global flow of the united states. first of all, what do you think of the governor's criticism? >> it misses president obama's been clear if we want to have a cooperative relationship with russia and strategic interests align. where we have differences with president bush to work through those. we will not sell another series of influence and...
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beyond that earlier the first lady, michelle obama, asked along with dr. biden asked us to do something very similar, so we just passed a change for military spouses who are getting transferred because it's often very difficult, profession alliances, we had an example given of someone where a military member moved for the third or fourth time over a couple of years, and the spouse was, i believe, a registered nurse. we changed that so that if you're capable, if you're register inside another place to get that in another state, you can immediately transfer that as a military, married to someone in the military. so a number of changes like that. job fair, all sorts of target events. we even have an online service for placing veterans into jobs because we just think not only is it a priority, but the other thing we found for employers that hire levels of veterans, well disciplined, well prepared, have the right infrastructure. in our state we fully restored what we call the wisconsin g.i. bill for any of our veterans without cost, they can get access to our u
beyond that earlier the first lady, michelle obama, asked along with dr. biden asked us to do something very similar, so we just passed a change for military spouses who are getting transferred because it's often very difficult, profession alliances, we had an example given of someone where a military member moved for the third or fourth time over a couple of years, and the spouse was, i believe, a registered nurse. we changed that so that if you're capable, if you're register inside another...
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biden has co-sponsored with our first lady, michelle obama, the national initiative joining forces, providing support and expanding opportunities for veterans and active duty personnel and their families. that exemplifies the commitment to those who serve and who have served, and the strength of character of jill biden and of her home, the first state. i know delaware's citizens will honor their state's namesake, follow her as she comes to life in a few years and embrace those who sail in her for decades to come as she in turn honors the first state's legacy, and she sails the seas in defense of our nation and upholding her state's motto: freedom and liberty. and the navy motto, forever courageous. now, it's my happy privilege to introduce the sponsor of the uss delaware, dr. jill biden. [applause] >> thank you, secretary maybus, for that kind introduction. this is a very exciting day. as a proud military mom and a very delawarean, i am honored to sponsor the uss delaware. one of the best parts of serving as second lady is that i have the opportunity to meet with so many members of our milita
biden has co-sponsored with our first lady, michelle obama, the national initiative joining forces, providing support and expanding opportunities for veterans and active duty personnel and their families. that exemplifies the commitment to those who serve and who have served, and the strength of character of jill biden and of her home, the first state. i know delaware's citizens will honor their state's namesake, follow her as she comes to life in a few years and embrace those who sail in her...
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the only thing missing was michelle obama in a blue dress. [cheers and applause] we had a state of the union address bingo win e and big prizes are involved. anyway, oh, my goodness, on to more of the session. i want to introduce you to mike l -- michael adams, services and advocacy for lgbt elders. it's the oldest and largest organization in the country transforming the lgbt experience. it serves, advocated -- i meant to do this sober. i did. [laughter] let's try that again. serves and advocates for countless lgbt older people all across the country. in 2009, the health and human services selected sage to establish and run the country's first and only national resource center on lgtb aging, and all of this makes michael the perfect person to give our next award, the sage advocacy award for excellence in leadership in aging issues to kathy greenley, assistant of secretary of aging at u.s. department of health and human services. please welcome michael adams. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> thank you. it's great to be here, and looking out at a b
the only thing missing was michelle obama in a blue dress. [cheers and applause] we had a state of the union address bingo win e and big prizes are involved. anyway, oh, my goodness, on to more of the session. i want to introduce you to mike l -- michael adams, services and advocacy for lgbt elders. it's the oldest and largest organization in the country transforming the lgbt experience. it serves, advocated -- i meant to do this sober. i did. [laughter] let's try that again. serves and...
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also on c-span this weekend, president obama holding a rally, a campaign rally with first lady michelle obama in richmond, virginia. that gets under way tomorrow afternoon at 4:35 eastern. that'll be live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> sunday on q&a -- >> i don't regard this as just the biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine a kind of political power in america. i'm saying this is a kind of political power. seeing what a president can do in a moment of great, in a time of great crisis, great crisis, how he gathers all around, what does he do to get legislation moving, to take command in washington, that's the way of examining power at a time of crisis. i said i want to do this in full. i suppose it takes 300 pages in there. so i couldn't, that's why i just said let's examine this. >> robert caro on the passage of power, volume four in the years of lyndon johnson, his multivolume biography of the 36th president, this sunday at 8 on c-span's "q&a." and look for our second hour of conversation with robert caro sunday, may 20th. >> now we go to boulder, colorad
also on c-span this weekend, president obama holding a rally, a campaign rally with first lady michelle obama in richmond, virginia. that gets under way tomorrow afternoon at 4:35 eastern. that'll be live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> sunday on q&a -- >> i don't regard this as just the biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine a kind of political power in america. i'm saying this is a kind of political power. seeing what a president can do in a moment...
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obama, to assist military men and women and their families. brad is a graduate of the united states military academy. he finished in 89, which i thought he was about 20 years old when i looked at him. he is a little older than that but i think when you look at brad's history as an officer in the navy, it emphasizes what we are doing today. he was explaining to me, we have six combat areas in the world or regions and in his career he has served in every one of them. if you look at the places where he has served and in the interest of time i'm not going to read all of them, though i probably should because it really emphasizes what we try to do as mayors when we have military presence in our community whether it is a base, retirees whatever. he started in desert shield and desert storm and has actually served in afghanistan more than once. he has been all over the world and has been in every hotspot that our military and our country has had since he has been serving. brad we are proud to have you today, proud of your service and also buried just
obama, to assist military men and women and their families. brad is a graduate of the united states military academy. he finished in 89, which i thought he was about 20 years old when i looked at him. he is a little older than that but i think when you look at brad's history as an officer in the navy, it emphasizes what we are doing today. he was explaining to me, we have six combat areas in the world or regions and in his career he has served in every one of them. if you look at the places...
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representing the administration at the olympics, first lady michelle obama. she is in london to welcome american athletes as they arrive. she will also attend the opening ceremonies. governor rom of course has a history with the games having run the 2002 salt lake city olympics. join us tomorrow night for a look at his leadership and tenure. that gets underway at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we'll have more live coverage this afternoon with remarks from former president bill clinton. he is addressing the week-long international aids conference here in washington. live coverage starts at 4:25 eastern. also on c-span today the clare boothe luce policy institute is hosting a seminar on conservative leadership. speakers include former presidential candidate and house speaker newt gingrich. that gets underway at 1:00. that will be on c-span. >> let me begin to open up the discussion by asking it this way. what exactly is the nature of the clash between macarthur and truman? is this, is this a clash over policy? is this a problem of personalities. >> treasury se
representing the administration at the olympics, first lady michelle obama. she is in london to welcome american athletes as they arrive. she will also attend the opening ceremonies. governor rom of course has a history with the games having run the 2002 salt lake city olympics. join us tomorrow night for a look at his leadership and tenure. that gets underway at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we'll have more live coverage this afternoon with remarks from former president bill clinton....
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she wrote one of the best profiles i have seen over michele obama. this is a slow rising tide. david gregory didn't get the job just because he was a white male. he is someone who had been a white house correspondent for nbc. he had the skills that were necessary to be a good broadcaster and a good interviewer. the time will come when those jobs will be again available, and there will be a much wider range of people who will be eligible for them. one of them could very well be an african-american. it may be an asian american. i'm not sure. it may be a hispanic american. we are seeing more presents of people with different ethnic backgrounds than just white, anglo and protestant. bryant gumbel succeeded me on "the today show" as the african-american host of "the today show", for example. >> host: for scrotal organ, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: i come from a different journalist background than you, but i feel equally crucial to americans and how they should know what is going on in their world. i was a reporter and an editor at a small, medium-sized
she wrote one of the best profiles i have seen over michele obama. this is a slow rising tide. david gregory didn't get the job just because he was a white male. he is someone who had been a white house correspondent for nbc. he had the skills that were necessary to be a good broadcaster and a good interviewer. the time will come when those jobs will be again available, and there will be a much wider range of people who will be eligible for them. one of them could very well be an...
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michelle obama is working and barack was in law school and now she's the first lady. theoretically people can flip-flop and to some extent it's not uncommon these days to have a marriage where couples kind of take turns and i think that takes the pressure off of marriage, say like the marriage is one read about in 1952 where the woman felt unfulfilled and the man felt like there was a news around his neck. that model of marriage has loosened up a bit and created happy stable marriages. >> host: but i wonder that kids. there are clearly more kids in daycare, small children than there were 40 years ago. >> guest: lots of countries have -- scandinavian countries, children go to daycare when they are one and mother's day home. i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. mothers do -- politically neutral and they only measure like you and measure americans homage time do do you spend in leisure activities and how much time you spend with your kids? parents spend more time with their kids now than they did in the 60's and 70's. don't ask me how. >> host: but if, and i'm p
michelle obama is working and barack was in law school and now she's the first lady. theoretically people can flip-flop and to some extent it's not uncommon these days to have a marriage where couples kind of take turns and i think that takes the pressure off of marriage, say like the marriage is one read about in 1952 where the woman felt unfulfilled and the man felt like there was a news around his neck. that model of marriage has loosened up a bit and created happy stable marriages. >>...
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it's reflected in the way to years ago, first lady michelle obama challenged us to perform 100,000 hours of service during the course of an academic year and we greatly exceeded that so she spoke at our commencement. for the third year in a row last spring we sent more students to the peace corps than any other school our size and we passed the thousand peace corps volunteer mark this past spring. for the past four years, the number one employer of george washington graduate has been teach for america. but in fact, this generation of students is marked by a deep commitment to serve not just at gw but worldwide. just to give you one statistic that was published in "the washington post," in 2010, more than 3 million students in the united states alone, more than 3 million students volunteered more than 300 million hours of service. two nights ago, we held a reception for gw students participating or volunteering to support cgiu and i was inspired by the variety and creativity of our students commitments to action. they range from a plan to make bicycles out of bamboo. [applause] and extrem
it's reflected in the way to years ago, first lady michelle obama challenged us to perform 100,000 hours of service during the course of an academic year and we greatly exceeded that so she spoke at our commencement. for the third year in a row last spring we sent more students to the peace corps than any other school our size and we passed the thousand peace corps volunteer mark this past spring. for the past four years, the number one employer of george washington graduate has been teach for...
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education has made me who i am and michelle obama who she is and can make america who we need to be with only if we focus to prioritize that. i saw that when he came into office and we were on the verge of potentially a second great depression people were focused on the stimulus and he said we can't pass the bill, an economic recovery build a central focus on education both investment and reform from early learning to head start to the kate wolf and post secondary. he's also had a consistent dissatisfaction with the status quo. it goes back education before comfortable with how we are doing he knows the kids across the country are getting shortchanged because we haven't done well enough and he has been a change agent to make changes in education. and he's always listened to people on the ground. i've been with him in new orleans before he was president listening to students and city members and what's actually going on. the believe has been translated into a core education policy agenda that i think has been very not only important but in some ways unique in recent days education. he shi
education has made me who i am and michelle obama who she is and can make america who we need to be with only if we focus to prioritize that. i saw that when he came into office and we were on the verge of potentially a second great depression people were focused on the stimulus and he said we can't pass the bill, an economic recovery build a central focus on education both investment and reform from early learning to head start to the kate wolf and post secondary. he's also had a consistent...
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. >> michele and joe biden, that's michele obama and joe biden just in case you're serious. you might not know which 1i was talking about. [laughter] they are leading this effort with respect to military families nationally called joining forces, the elements to support families and veterans. so for the good news is participating more than 70,000 veterans. they've pledged to hire 175,000 more in the coming years to i want to thank honeywell not only for being an active partner in this initiative, but right here honeywell has hired 900 veterans over the past year and for employing 65 veterans of the golden valley so give them a big round of applause. [applause] this is not a space responsibility or republican response will be this is an american responsibility, an obligation that every citizen who enjoys the free on the hero's defended. as we have to meet our obligations today the folks at honeywell are doing and as commander in chief i want all of our service members and veteran's to know if when it comes to your service and sacrifice which fought for us. you will help us ke
. >> michele and joe biden, that's michele obama and joe biden just in case you're serious. you might not know which 1i was talking about. [laughter] they are leading this effort with respect to military families nationally called joining forces, the elements to support families and veterans. so for the good news is participating more than 70,000 veterans. they've pledged to hire 175,000 more in the coming years to i want to thank honeywell not only for being an active partner in this...
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we saw both michelle obama and ohio had to events. joe biden had her first and only solo campaign event yesterday in ohio. we are seeing a lot of the presidential candidates. we're going wherever they are. host: tom tory was joining us from cleveland. meanwhile we are live in lakewood, ohio. thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: next is carolyn, democrat's line. good afternoon. caller: i am just calling to say that i am very pleased with my president. he has done all he can to work with the republicans. they will not work with him. i am from a small town. it is evident how vindictive they are. the way they did president obama, and they have not done anything. they said religion was off the table. what i have read about organism, i do not want nobody that doesn't serve god. host: republican line. caller: i am just disgusted to listen to all these lies. i just listen to biden. i would like to know -- i like the americans to know if obama is president again we're going to end up like russia. there are thousands of family
we saw both michelle obama and ohio had to events. joe biden had her first and only solo campaign event yesterday in ohio. we are seeing a lot of the presidential candidates. we're going wherever they are. host: tom tory was joining us from cleveland. meanwhile we are live in lakewood, ohio. thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: next is carolyn, democrat's line. good afternoon. caller: i am just calling to say that i am very pleased with my president. he has done all he can to...
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encouraging trying to set a good example, speaking out about it like michelle obama has done, how important it is for our kids to move. considering physical activity for our children k-12. support and promote that for ways advisory only and requirement. paying for prevention. making sure people go to doctors and learn about problems of diabetes before they develop, adult-onset diabetes. if we bring down diabetes in the adult population by 10% it is amazing what it does to the cost curve of our debt and deficit. so this is an important issue. but i would not be someone who thinks the government should get in the business of telling people what they should eat or drink. >> moderator: jonathan dine? dine: top five leading causes of death are related to diet and lifestyle. heart disease is number per one cause of death in america. they're all preventable. diet and exercise is something that can make a big difference. i've been a personal trainer for 15 years. i help people motivate themselvesselves to get out and get in shape and build muscle and burn fat. ist i something anybody can do at any
encouraging trying to set a good example, speaking out about it like michelle obama has done, how important it is for our kids to move. considering physical activity for our children k-12. support and promote that for ways advisory only and requirement. paying for prevention. making sure people go to doctors and learn about problems of diabetes before they develop, adult-onset diabetes. if we bring down diabetes in the adult population by 10% it is amazing what it does to the cost curve of our...
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a look now at the defense policies of president obama and mitt romney. michele and flournoy and dov zakheim representing mitt romney at the military reporters and editors association conference. other topics discussed include medicare it -- military spending, u.s. visit to the asia-pacific region and american leadership globally. this lasts about an hour. >> good evening. welcome to the military reporters and editors annual conference. my name is alan chairer with medill school of journalism and we are cosponsoring tonight's event. we are delighted to have the opportunity to partner with mre because goals are very similar. medill the national security initiative aims to educate young journalists and professional working veteran journalists to better improve coverage of national security issues. the same goals as the military reporters and editors conference and a great program tonight so we will get to it. i will turn the stage over to brian bender who is the president of mre. >> thanks for coming. we are pleased tonight to have two former undersecretari
a look now at the defense policies of president obama and mitt romney. michele and flournoy and dov zakheim representing mitt romney at the military reporters and editors association conference. other topics discussed include medicare it -- military spending, u.s. visit to the asia-pacific region and american leadership globally. this lasts about an hour. >> good evening. welcome to the military reporters and editors annual conference. my name is alan chairer with medill school of...
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obama risch she is and can make america what we need to be that if we focus and prioritize that i saw him when he came into office and we were on the verge of a second great depression. people were focused on the stimulus and he said we can't pass the stimulus bill. they have a central focus on education. both investment and reform from early learning to hit start to k-12 to post secondary. he also had a consistent dissatisfaction on education. so those that back the education are comfortable with how we are doing. he knows kids across the country are getting shortchanged because we haven't been well enough and he's been in the state and local leaders to a change of education and he's listened to people on the ground. i've been with him in new orleans where he is listening to students at the core members and what's actually going on here. the belief about education has been translated to the core education policy agenda that i think has been a very lonely important, but in some ways sort of unique in recent days and education. he shifted the role in many ways to focus more on incentiv
obama risch she is and can make america what we need to be that if we focus and prioritize that i saw him when he came into office and we were on the verge of a second great depression. people were focused on the stimulus and he said we can't pass the stimulus bill. they have a central focus on education. both investment and reform from early learning to hit start to k-12 to post secondary. he also had a consistent dissatisfaction on education. so those that back the education are comfortable...
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speaking for the president is michele flournoy who served as his defense undersecretary for policy. and romney adviser dov zakheim who was defense undersecretary and chief financial officer under president george w. bush. they recently spoke at a conference of the military reporters and editors' association. this is about an hour. >> okay. good evening, everyone, and welcome to the military reporters and editors' annual conference. my name's ellen, i'm with the madill school of journalism which is cosponsoring tonight's event. we're delighted to have the opportunity to partner with mre because our goals are very similar. the medill national security journalism initiative aims to educate young journalists and professional working veteran journalists to better improve coverage of national security issues. much the same goals as the military reporters and editors' conference. and, um, we've got a great program tonight, so i think we should get to it. i will turn the stage over to brian bender who is the president of mre. brian? >> thanks, ellen, and thank you guys for coming. we are ve
speaking for the president is michele flournoy who served as his defense undersecretary for policy. and romney adviser dov zakheim who was defense undersecretary and chief financial officer under president george w. bush. they recently spoke at a conference of the military reporters and editors' association. this is about an hour. >> okay. good evening, everyone, and welcome to the military reporters and editors' annual conference. my name's ellen, i'm with the madill school of journalism...
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and prior to her confirmation, she helped lead president obama's transition team at the department of defense. in 2007 she cofounded the organization that doug just referred to, the nonpartisan think tank center for a new american security. republicans in states like virginia, notably, are using the impending sequesters as an issue against their democratic opponents. even though the republicans were part of the deal. i want to ask you, how serious should we take this sequester threat, and is there anything democrats can do in response? >> well, i think we do have to be worried about the prospect of sequestration not only because it would impose additional cuts across the board, but because of the mindless way in which the cuts would be imposed. across-the-board cuts, no opportunity to protect priorities, you know, choose where you're going to accept and manage risk. and so i think, um, were sequestration to take effect, it would be very devastating not only for the defense department, but across the board. but we do have to remember where this came from. sequestration was put into the
and prior to her confirmation, she helped lead president obama's transition team at the department of defense. in 2007 she cofounded the organization that doug just referred to, the nonpartisan think tank center for a new american security. republicans in states like virginia, notably, are using the impending sequesters as an issue against their democratic opponents. even though the republicans were part of the deal. i want to ask you, how serious should we take this sequester threat, and is...
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i basically want to endorse much of michel's analysis. i think that the race to war has been halted. i think president obama handled netanyahu brilliantly, and he embraced him close and at the same time he basically read him the riot act and said no you're not going to start a war now and you will not start a war before my reelection, at least my hope for reelection. if you look at the remarks that were made at the aipac conference and when the two of them mad and afterwards, i think this is rather clear. at the same time we have seen some interesting signals from tehran, and perhaps trend one will talk about that a little more. not exactly, well, what -- right after the comments that obama made talking about decrying the loose talk of war and stressing that diplomacy was his preferred option for dealing with iranian nuclear program, the supreme leader reiterated in 1995 hot law which he said building nuclear weapons would be a quote great sin, unquote. and he praised obama which is something -- not something the supreme leader of iran do
i basically want to endorse much of michel's analysis. i think that the race to war has been halted. i think president obama handled netanyahu brilliantly, and he embraced him close and at the same time he basically read him the riot act and said no you're not going to start a war now and you will not start a war before my reelection, at least my hope for reelection. if you look at the remarks that were made at the aipac conference and when the two of them mad and afterwards, i think this is...
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one of our own, michele bachmann for president. >> i'm michele bachmann, and i approved this message. >> america is in trouble. >> washington is in a disgrace. >> government has become too big. it's overtaxing, overspending. >> we need to change direction. >> we really need change. >> we can't afford to make the same mistakes we've made in the past. >> mitt romney's reputation as a flip-flopper -- >> he went the other way when he got paid to go the other way. >> there is need for economic stimulus. >> it's about serial hypocrisy. >> there's been one true, consistent candidate, and that's dr. ron paul. >> ron paul has been so consistent from the very beginning. >> he seems like a more honest candidate. >> he tells the truth about what he believes whether you like it or not. >> never once voted for a tax increase or an unbalanced budget. >> he's what we need. >> when he says he's going to cut a trillion dollars in the first year, i believe him. >> if you don't like how things are going and you're tired of politicians, do something different. >> ron paul -- >> ron paul -- >> ron paul --
one of our own, michele bachmann for president. >> i'm michele bachmann, and i approved this message. >> america is in trouble. >> washington is in a disgrace. >> government has become too big. it's overtaxing, overspending. >> we need to change direction. >> we really need change. >> we can't afford to make the same mistakes we've made in the past. >> mitt romney's reputation as a flip-flopper -- >> he went the other way when he got paid to...
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last year on twitter michelle said this tired of october surprise at this point. game for the beltway pundit. the majority of citizens are made up already and they've already voted. >> she's probably right. there are a lot of people that have already voted not a majority but a lot of people have already voted. there is -- we are at this point where there is a week to go. the average american is paying attention to something other than politics whether it is their own economic such regional recovering from storm damage in new hampshire, funny we are probably not going to see the presidential candidates in either of the swing states despite the fact they are so close over the next couple of days simply because the logistics of getting around a place trying to clean up after a storm can be a real problem. look, what has happened, whenever doctors apprises the drive this has probably already happened. it's not like either of these guys is going to say it's a danger now. the next couple of days are going to be focused on not doing something stupid around the hurricane
last year on twitter michelle said this tired of october surprise at this point. game for the beltway pundit. the majority of citizens are made up already and they've already voted. >> she's probably right. there are a lot of people that have already voted not a majority but a lot of people have already voted. there is -- we are at this point where there is a week to go. the average american is paying attention to something other than politics whether it is their own economic such...
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because it's terrifying people like paul ryan and mitt romney and michele bachmann, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. rig perry. these are scary, scary people who change our form of government into the conservative christian theocracy by blasting what to say as an atheist i want to say to that woman on the republican line, us atheists as was agnostics are amplified by christians much, much, much more than the church of latter day saints, the mormons are vilified by people like she said, bill clinton and other people. believe me, atheists are the last as well as gays, atheists are specially the last people this country still be vilified and put down and psychologically and physically tortured by right wing christians are in the bill, as an atheist are you enjoying coverage of the values voter summit? >> caller: i'm watching it very skeptically. when they talk about values, like i said, it's a very values they want to impose on the country by legislation. being a liberal as well as an atheist i do not want, i do not want, i do not think the government should impose atheism like was going on
because it's terrifying people like paul ryan and mitt romney and michele bachmann, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. rig perry. these are scary, scary people who change our form of government into the conservative christian theocracy by blasting what to say as an atheist i want to say to that woman on the republican line, us atheists as was agnostics are amplified by christians much, much, much more than the church of latter day saints, the mormons are vilified by people like she said, bill...